#79BAD4#79BAD4

#79BAD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.076 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BAD4
RGB	rgb(121, 186, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -13.96, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 24.04, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0535 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.076 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3235, 43.9336, 68.7879)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BAD4 #D49379

analogous

#79D4C0 #79BAD4 #798CD4

triadic

#79BAD4 #D479BA #BAD479

tetradic

#79BAD4 #C079D4 #D49379 #8CD479

square

#79BAD4 #C079D4 #D49379 #8CD479

split-complementary

#79BAD4 #D4798C #D4C079

monochromatic

#33819F #4BA2C5 #79BAD4 #A7D2E3 #D6EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#79BAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#79BAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BAD4

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BAD4	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EACD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 186, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.076 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cee1',
    500: '#79bad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bad4;
$custom-light: #a4cee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 51.412,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.07598,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BAD4

secondary

#E4CEC5

accent

#5227BF

background

#FAFCFD

surface

#F4F9FB

border

#CED2D4

text

#0F1315

muted

#7F8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BAD4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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